Identifier: streetrailwayjo161900newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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somethingserious, as will be seen from its length and bulk. It is,moreover, equipped with two motors of 225 hp each, ableto exert, it is said, between 500 and 600 hp. With regard to the electric locomotive of theOrleans Railroad, its resemblance to those employed atHoboken, N. J., and in the Baltimore Tunnel, will be atonce noted by every American reader. It is due to theFrench Thomson-Houston Company, a fact which willaccount for its construction on these approved lines. Itmay not be generally known that the Orleans Railroad,which at present has its terminal at the very outskirts ofParis, and has therefore been most inconvenient to reach,has lately pushed its way nearer to the heart of the city andhas erected a magnificent new station on the Quai dOrsay.This prolongation of its track is 2,\ miles in length, whichwill give an idea of the distance to be saved by the greatmajority of those who use the road. Over this stretch oftrack eight electric locomotives are to be used, of the type
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FRENCH THOMSON-HOUSTON ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE,ETC., PARIS-ORLEANS R. R. shown, and they have already been tested for their workin situ. Each locomotive has four driving axles with amotor in each, and weighs about 45 tons. These motorsare of the G. E. 55 type, of 175 hp each. Each locomotiveis easily capable of hauling passenger trains from the oldstation to the new in seven minutes, each train being esti-mated at about 250 tons. It is stated that 150 such trainswill be hauled per day to and fro. The trains will arriveat the outer terminus under steam power, and a change oflocomotive will be effected in two minutes. Current is tobe generated at high tension and then delivered by twosub-stations—one at the Quai dOrsay and the other at theQuai dAusterlitz, where the old depot stands. The localcurrent distribution system comprises a third rail externalto the track and an overhead contact in the tunnel at theentrance to the Quai dOrsay, so that each locomotive isprovided with three sliding-

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